Antonio Iovine

Senior Casalesi Camorra boss captured in 2010 after years as a fugitive, sentenced to life and later turned state witness.

Editorial standard

Convictions, acquittals, appeals, allegations and police assessments are kept separate. Sentence information is case-specific and sourced.

Background

Iovine was one of the principal leaders of the Casalesi.

Network

He spent years as one of Italy’s most wanted fugitives before arrest in 2010.

Major case

He received life imprisonment in the Spartacus maxi-trial and another 21 years and six months in a later case.

Legal status

In 2014 he began cooperating with prosecutors.

Graph role

His profile links the Casalesi leadership and the pentito layer.

Network links

– Casalesi clan — senior boss – Spartacus maxi-trial — convicted – European organized-crime cooperating witnesses — later state witness

Direct people links

– Francesco Schiavone — fellow senior Casalesi boss – Michele Zagaria — fellow senior Casalesi boss

Sources

– The Guardian. Camorra mafia 'super boss' Antonio Iovine turns state witness (2014-05-22). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/22/camorra-mafia-boss-antonio-iovine-state-witness-italy-naples

Connected records

How to read the network

Documented network

Casalesi clan (organization) is recorded in the canonical graph as senior boss, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Spartacus maxi trial (event) is recorded in the canonical graph as convicted, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Francesco Schiavone (person) is recorded in the canonical graph as fellow senior casalesi boss, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Michele Zagaria (person) is recorded in the canonical graph as fellow senior casalesi boss, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Timeline and case connections

Structured events are kept separate from general biography so later audits can update a date, conviction, organizational change, killing or court outcome without rewriting unrelated material.

Date not specified in current profile sources — Spartacus maxi trial. convicted

Status and record

The structured birth record lists 1964. The structured life-status field is alive. This administrative field should change only when a reliable current source supports an update.

Source record

The current Master package attaches the following evidence sources to this profile: – Camorra mafia 'super boss' Antonio Iovine turns state witness — The Guardian, Tier 2.

Each source supports only the claims tied to it. Structured source references remain attached so later audits can trace timeline and relationship records back to evidence.

Evidence and editorial boundaries

For living subjects especially, legal claims and current status require dated sourcing. Future expansion should therefore come from stronger records or newly processed canonical entities rather than unsourced crime lore.

How this profile fits the archive

The current source package includes Camorra mafia 'super boss' Antonio Iovine turns state witness. These records define the safe editorial boundary for the page. A later pass should prioritize new primary documents, court outcomes, dated organizational changes, prison history or newly processed books and screen works rather than adding generic background.

Research state

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Media remains a separate gate. A portrait should be attached only after source page, provenance and reuse status are checked. Until then, a profile can be text-complete while still carrying an explicit media-review requirement.